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- Title
Nickel allergy in Spain needs active intervention.
- Authors
García-Gavín, Juan; Armario-Hita, José Carlos; Fernández-Redondo, Virginia; Fernández-Vozmediano, José Manuel; Sánchez-Pérez, Javier; Silvestre, Juan Fco.; Uter, Wolfgang; Giménez-Arnau, Ana M
- Abstract
The article offers information on the study of nickel allergy in Spain. It says that nickel is obtained from contact with high-consumption objects including buttons, mobile and jewelry. Patients with suspected allergic dermatitis were studied in five different Departments of Dermatology in Spain in 2008 wherein results show high prevalence of nickel sensitization occurs among Spanish young women up to 60 years old. It concludes that regulation is necessary in regards with allergy concerns.
- Subjects
SPAIN; NICKEL; ALLERGY diagnosis; SKIN inflammation; YOUNG women; DISEASES
- Publication
Contact Dermatitis (01051873), 2011, Vol 64, Issue 5, p289
- ISSN
0105-1873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01865.x